Gujarat government to celebrate five years of Rupani as CM
The Hindu
Modi, Shah to participate virtually in events in August.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah will virtually join the events to mark the five years of the Vijay Rupani-Nitin Patel government in Gujarat, planned for the first week of August . About a-year-and-a-half before the State Assembly elections scheduled to be held in December 2022, the Rupani administration has planned a series of events and programs in a bid to reach out to the various sections of the society. Both Mr. Modi and Mr. Shah will virtually participate on two separate days during the celebrations.The Shakti Scheme in Karnataka has completed its first year, yet the smart cards intended for the beneficiaries remain undistributed. According to Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy, while the smart cards have been prepared, their issuance has been stalled due to the absence of electronic ticketing machines (ETMs) in all buses, making them impractical.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly R. Ashok were engaged in war of words over the Lok Sabha election results on Tuesday, with the former calling the latter “ignorant and entertaining people”. In response, Mr. Ashok said the Chief Minister “sometimes wakes up from deep slumber to exhibit his arrogance and anger”.
Makineni Jishnu Sai from Guntur secured the first position in the engineering stream while Yellu Srishant Reddy from Nizampet in Telangana bagged the first place in the Agriculture and Pharmacy (Bi.P.C. stream) in the Andhra Pradesh Engineering, Agriculture and Pharmacy Common Entrance Test (EAPCET)-2024.